New Stephen King novel...

[Brother Adam]

"Cell", 384 pages, To be released January 24, 2006

Civilization doesn't end with a bang or a whimper. It ends with a call on your cell phone. What happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse, a signal sent though every operating cell phone that turns its user into something...well, something less than human. Savage, murderous, unthinking-and on a wanton rampage. Terrorist act? Cyber prank gone haywire? It really doesn't matter, not to the people who avoided the technological attack. What matters to them is surviving the aftermath. Before long a band of them-"normies" is how they think of themselves-have gathered on the grounds of Gaiten Academy, where the headmaster and one remaining student have something awesome and terrifying to show them on the school's moonlit soccer field. Clearly there can be no escape. The only option is to take them on. CELL is classic Stephen King, a story of gory horror and white-knuckling suspense that makes the unimaginable entirely plausible and totally fascinating.

[Lil Red]

yes!

[Brother Adam]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Dec 12 2005, 10:27 AM'] yes!
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I still say the Stand will be far better...

[Lil Red]

no way! the Dark Tower series is the best!

[toledo_jesus]

sweet, I thought he quit writing novels! This one will be great.

But nothing beats IT for sheer scare-factor. The Stand is a great one, but it's not entirely horror.

[Lil Red]

scare factor definitely "IT" or " 'Salem's Lot"

[Brother Adam]

I didn't find either of those scary. Tommyknockers actually scared me. The only other novel I read that gave me the creeps was Insomnia.

[TheOliverOrder88]

I actually find none of his novels too scary.

I read "Salem's Lot" and "The Green Mile"....they were ok. In fact, I didn't really enjoy the Green Mile really at all.

[toledo_jesus]

not all his books are scary. some are just strange, and some are actually uplifting. macbre, but uplifting.

[Asher]

I haven't gotten into actually reading the books... but I've seen many of the movies and plan to start reading the books sometime. King is a genius to horror.

[Earthsea Annie]

I've really enjoyed some movies based on Stephen King books, but I've never been moved to read his novels. Somehow they're just too mainstream to be appealing.

[Carrie]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Dec 12 2005, 11:59 AM']no way! the Dark Tower series is the best!
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Anyone who has read the DT series knows that this is the truth.

Bro. Adam, if you thought Insomnia was scary, read Black House. That one was high on the scare factor for me.

As far as movies based on his books go...the books are always better!

[Brother Adam]

[quote name='Carrie' date='Dec 15 2005, 08:48 AM']

Anyone who has read the DT series knows that this is the truth.

Bro. Adam, if you thought Insomnia was scary, read Black House.  That one was high on the scare factor for me.

As far as movies based on his books go...the books are always better!
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I guess it was more creepy than scary. The psychology of it all had an effect on me. Is Black House a King book? Never heard of it before. The last King book I read was...Girl who Loved Tom Gordon I think.

[Carrie]

[quote name='Brother Adam' date='Dec 15 2005, 09:53 AM']I guess it was more creepy than scary. The psychology of it all had an effect on me. Is Black House a King book? Never heard of it before. The last King book I read was...Girl who Loved Tom Gordon I think.
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Insomnia did the same thing to me. I was creeped out by the ideas of the tangible auras too.

Black House was co-written by King and Peter Straub. It's a great book. Its long but well worth the read.

Also, if you haven't read the DT series yet, you should really think about it. King was inspired by LOTRs when he wrote The Gunslinger in the 70s and set out to make a quest but the DT has more of a Western feel. He finally released the last book last year, so the series is complete. You won't have to wait 30 years to complete it like alot of people did. Its great.

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon was pretty good too. Not a typical King book. I really like when he deviates from his normal style.

[RC_]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Dec 12 2005, 09:59 AM']no way! the Dark Tower series is the best!
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Yeppers!

Although his last two books were phoned in...

(Although maybe I just feel that way about the last one because I hated the ending)

[homeschoolmom]

Cell phone users turning into crazy zombies... too close to the truth for me...

[crazymaine catholic]

i've seen his house! and i have to say i like the stand. long book though :

[RC_]

It wasn't [i]that[/i] long...

[frozencell]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Dec 12 2005, 10:59 AM']no way! the Dark Tower series is the best!
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The Dark Tower is the best series ever written! I'm on book 7 and it's fascinating. Sometimes I find myself using terms from the Dark Tower in real life and my friends and family looking at me really funny... I know, I'm a hopeless nerd!

[Carrie]

[quote name='frozencell' date='Dec 29 2005, 03:10 AM']The Dark Tower is the best series ever written! I'm on book 7 and it's fascinating. Sometimes I find myself using terms from the Dark Tower in real life and my friends and family looking at me really funny... I know, I'm a hopeless nerd!


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I know what you mean sai. My ka-tet gets confused by the words I use all the time. I just remembered I need to go through all my gunna and give away what I don't need anymore.

Long days and pleasant nights.

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